Jimin sets Spotify record with solo track ‘Smeraldo Garden Marching Band’
SEOUL: K-pop sensation Jimin, a member of the globally renowned boy band BTS, has achieved a significant milestone on Spotify with his latest solo song, “Smeraldo Garden Marching Band.” Released on June 28, the track has become the fastest K-pop song of the year to reach 50 million streams, achieving
North Korean man executed publicly for listening to K-Pop music
A 22-year-old man from South Hwanghae province in North Korea was publicly executed in 2022 for watching and sharing South Korean films and music. The 2024 Report on North Korean Human Rights, released by South Korea’s unification ministry, highlights this incident. The young man was executed for listening to 70
